sløkkja

Faroese

Verb

sløkkja (third person singular past indicative sløkti, third person plural past indicative sløkt, supine sløkt)

(transitive) to extinguish, to put out

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sløkkja* (group v-13)
	present	past
infinitive	sløkkja
supine	sløkt

first singular	sløkki	sløkti
second singular	sløkkir	sløkti
third singular	sløkkir	sløkti
plural	sløkkja	sløktu

participle (a5)¹	sløkkjandi	sløktur

	imperative
singular	sløkk!
plural	sløkkið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sløkkva, slekkja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²slœçːɑ/

Verb

sløkkja (present tense sløkkjer, past tense sløkte, past participle sløkt, passive infinitive sløkkjast, present participle sløkkjande, imperative sløkk)

to quench
Piggsvinet sat ved bekken og sløkte torsten sin.
The hedgehog sat by the creek quenching its thirst.
to switch off
Sløkk lyset når du går!
Switch off the light when you leave!
to put out, extinguish
Brannvesenet sløkte brannen.
The fire brigade put out the fire.

References

“sløkkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.